The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-25 00:00:00

1p USSIAN ANGLO -DU WIT FIVE PER it) CENT. 1... N f. .r 4'600m0, or 7 -. ,800,000f1 STOOK. Messrs. BARING BROTHERS and CO., of London, and :Messrs. HOPE and CO., of Amsterdam, beg to announce that in conformity with an - Ukase of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia end with the instructions of his Excellency the Minister of Finance, they will RECEIVE APPLICATIONS for the LOAN therein authorized for SIX MILLIONS POUNDS STERLING, or Seventy Millions Eight Eundred Thousand Florins of Stock bear ing Five per cent. interest, on the following terms and conditions : Bonds in due form executed in St. Petersburg will be issued in S.lllllB oi £lOO Sterling or 1,1806., and £B-1 15s. Sterling or I,ooofl , with twenty half-yearly dividend warrants payable Ist April and let October, new style, of each year, at the Counting Houses of Messrs. Baring Bros. & Co.. London, and of Messrs. Hope .1t Co., Amsterdam, and with an authorization to claim fresh dividend warrants without charge. l'he half-yearly dividend warrants will he respectively for V. 10s. or 29.:)116. on each bond of £lOO or I,lBeB and for £2 2s. 61. or 1.:25 on each bond of £d4 15s. or 1,0006. The amount c t the bonds will be also reimbursed without charge or deduction. either in London in pounds sterling, or in Amsterdam in florins, at the offices of the above men tioned limos, at, the choice of the holder. A sinking fund of 1 per cent. on the principal will commence on Ist April, 1866, and be applied annually (together with the interest on all bonds paid off) towards the reimbursement of this loan at par. This reimbursement will thus be completed in 37 years from its commencement, and the bonds thus destined to be paid off at par will be annually drawn by lottery, and the amount can be received on Ist April of each) ear, either in London or Amsterdam. The Bonds will bear interest from Ist April, 1864, and the payments in London will be as follows : On £lOO bonds— £lo to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs. Martin and Co., Lombard-street. 10 „ on 18th May. 10 „ on 15th June. 10 „ on 13th July. 15 „ on 14th September. 10 „ on 12th October, less the Coupon of £2 108. 10 „ on 14th December. 10 „ on 18th January, 1865. Oa £9l 15s Bails 18 10:!: to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs Martin & Co., Lombard-stree:. on 18th May. on 15th June. on 13th July. ft on 14th September. ft on 12th Oct., less the Coupon of £2 2s. 6d. ft on 14th December. It on 18th January, 1565. 8 10s. 8 10s. 8 10s. 12 10e. 8 10s. 8 10s. 8 10s. The failure to pay all the instalments forfeits all previous payments. Subscribers may pay up all or any of the instalments under discount of the respective maturities at the rate of 5 per cent. per wanunr.. Scrip receipts will be, delivered with as little delay as ou production of the bankers' receipt of payment of the instalment, and the bonds will be issued wits the least possible delay. Applications may be made according to the annexed form, but non e will be received atter Friday evening, the 22d inst. The allotment of the loan will be made as early as pos s:ble after the close of the subscription list, and in cases whore no answer to applications is retained, it will be un derstood that it has not been practicable to make any allotment. London, 18th April, 1864. RUSSIAN ANGLO-DU ICH 5 PER CENT. LOAN OF £6,000,000. To Messrs. BARING BROTHERS, and Co., London, Gentlemen, request that you will allot to the sum of myminal capital in the above Loan, and en gage to aca3;pt that amount, or any less amount which may be allotted., and to pay the Instalments thereon in confor mity with your circular of the 18th inst. Name Address Date _ _ The Bonds are requested as nearly as possible in the fol lowing pr.portions : £ in Bonds of £lOO each. ' ,11 „ £ . l h 33. each• BONNET'S SILKS A LYON.--Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or 'manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the grater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos: d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following interwoven mark may be seen at tha end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cic ., a Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. From this time until the end of the season there will be four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and h aturday. Extra Night.. THIS EVENING (MONDAY),ApriI 25, w'll be performed Porisini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Matilde, Millie. Marie Satin; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ; Jemmy, Madame ItuderAorfr; Mel. th tl, Signor Polonini ; Walter. Ilerr Schmid; Ge sler, Signor Tagliafico ; Uu Pesca tore, Signor Neri- t araldi ; and Arnold°, Signor Wachtel. La Tyrolicnne w.ll be danced by Mdlle. Saivioul, Carmine, acd Mdlle. Navarre. Commence at ha:f past Eight. Pit. tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 30s. 6d., 75., ar.d 55.; amphitheatre. Ys. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-onici under the portico of the thea,re, which is rpm from tea to five, and ac the principal mush:sellers' and THEATRE ROYAL DR UR Y-L NE. Managere, 3lessrs,Edmond Falconer and le. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGHT. Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shak4pere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of ITENIZY THE FOURTH. The cast will include Impersonations by those emint.it artists, Mr. PHl4:Lrd, Ur. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy. M , . A ddiso Mr. Ryder, Mr. hobert Roxby. Mr. Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr. Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville; Miss Edith Wynne, Mssß, se Leclerc% d Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. THEATRE ROYAL HA.YMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manazer, Mr, lluckstone. THIS EVENING; THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Compton, arren, Are ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliam, Snow- After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENU3 AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, elly Power, Hill, Wright, itoers, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manag•er, Mr. Geo. Vininfr. THIS EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR. AND ATTICS. er which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence With THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Width combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Layenu. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH:TIRE. Messrs. J. Brougham, Emery, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leclereq, Miss Henrade, Miss P. Lectercq ; Mrs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. NTE VT THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL— Solo Pronrivtor and Manager. M. B. Webster. THISTEVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S llOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LI:A : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Biliirigton, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Killington. To cosclude with THE AREA BELLE: Aiessrs. J. L. Too:e, P. Bedford, B. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATE MA N.-L EA H. -Tl - 1 1 EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish ma den until further notice. In order ,o give due eflect tj t .is most remarkable sue3es4 01 the season, ealire,y new scenery by the celebrat'd artists Messrs. Danson and ;ions, and Thompson. New dr, ssr.s and appo'ntments have been prepare , t lor its productio.:.—N. H. In consequence of the , Iressing and numerous applications at the liox-office, ar in ements have now been made by which Seats m,y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY PRESERVER. After which, the 'Pa cony S:enc from ROMEO AND ses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Filth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S D REAM. Co ncluding with the Great Burle s q ue , ORPHEUS AND FU R\ Diu.; : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; flies ciamea Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sac. Commence at 7. oy AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the l lanac , rement of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with l " and fashion.— The zreatly successful new Comdy ev er t . y al ? ~ v ening. First w,ek of a new sensation Farce.—Mr . J. u arke - Arnongst the ' n mes of Mr. Repiartists eragaged will he found the popular W ebster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, r in liedforri, Mr. J. i t ,V ., i t ;l. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. P ul Tt, Mr, Asalev, Mr..l. Johnstone; Mrs. Char Cs Mathew s. s. v .„ :31 - !SA A . Cottrell, An si pa iss 11-rbert, Mrs Frank Matthews, 31. is We aua m r .nT r l , Y . Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, EVERY EVENING, at 7. " r ' in g• ,ilf, suee called ,IIA ILE lIAND,s , 1 ,...a t'arce, with a new sensation, Johastoue ; .31i$3 Faun/ J o se Clarke, Mr. Ashley. Mr. i. ~ o re S. ~. Int and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quar.er b,, L . sful. new Comedy, by L. Buckot.4harn, fleci., entaled ' .. r. I Mules Mathews, Mr. p . i i c. t i l , SI I_,V Elt LIN I , 0 : s ; ,,,, athevvs, )Aal re. Frank Matthews, son, Mr. Ashl e y, Mr. Montagu, , ; qrs. Charles Miss A. Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling, e . - . M ___ -- : - f ., ; ;;;;:i . , 1), COOl , AS A CUCUMBER. Mr, Charles Mathews. Tr conclude with L' :R T HE 11.0:3E : Mr. As h ley and liis9 A. Cottrell. Commcr , ce at 7. The Weather--Sun Office, April 25, 1864. THERMONIETEIt. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.06. Wind—N. ; moderate breeze, and very fine. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Nis Div.—Morning, 4h. 2,l2.—Afternoon, ‘l. 20m. Co-MORROW.-Morain g , 4h. 40m.—Afteraoon, sh. Om. N. l• . A, 44 , ‘ Z --L --, , .... ilw Iv .0,--........4. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPAN Y'S COAL Direct from their own fJollieries. 'Marquis'...... .28s. per ton. Double.. 21s. per ton. 'top ............ `2ss. l9 B' „ Deep ...... : 225. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De. Dote, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddlni%ton . Best C010..........c. lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent liHE Tatitil EDirios OF " THE SUN," cent n ing• the Latest SPOUTING INTELLIGENCE , "au be 11.4 , 1 Every ravening of G. R. GLENtE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1864. ___ - - The Governments of France and England appear to have been vying with each other on Saturday ! How accurately to define the general character of their emulation with anything like courtly circum locution we find it difficult even to conjecture. And this for the simp'e reason, that it would hardly be other than the literal truth to say that they, the two Governments, the Government of France and the Government of England, simultaneously, but quite independently, contrived to earry (shall we not venture at least to hint the word ?)—absurdity to the height of extravagance. Here in Eng:and—as a fitting climax to the extraordinary jumble of =fusion resulting from the very ultra-enthusiasm of the late Garibaldi demonstrations—a Public Meeting was actually put down and dispersed by the police, on Saturday evening, upon Primrose Hill: or rather as we ought now, we believe, to call it—Shaksperee Hill. We are not very much in the habit, in Lon don, or for that matter in any part of the country, of having Public Meetings of any kind dispersed. But, at any rate a public meeting of the working men of the Metropolis was on Saturday " put down"— as signally and unmistakeably " put down" as if the Moral Baton of the Police (an innocent sort of a cousin German to the Moral Dagger of M. MAZZINI), had, for one delightful interval (and of all appropriate days that could have been selected, upon SHAKSPERE'S Tercentenary !)—a.t if, we say, the Moral Baton of the Police had, just for once again, as in the good old times, not firmly into the grasp of the very incarnation of Rampant Beadle , dom ! Poor old Sir PETER LAURIE'S manes must have been soothed and comforted, one might almost fancy with this " putting down " by the Police of a Public Meeting—of all fine days in the year, nay, in the century—upon the tercentenary annivereary of the Birth of SHAKSPERE! S) much for Govern mental doings here in London. Now, for the companion doings over yonder in Paris—and there, too, though occurring quite irrespectively of our own—doings having reference directly with the proposed celebration of SHAKSPEB.E'S Tercen tenary. Don't we all know what precisely was the nature of those proceedings ? Can we possibly relate them with anything like gravity ? They amounted, literally, to the attempted suppression of " Hamlet"—nay, of SHAKSPERE himself, meaning his memory, or the commemoration of it. Some thing really and truly about equivalent to CANUTE'S mandate to the sea-tide—a sort of an imperial ukase against the Common Air we breathe, or against the gleam of the Daylight. It is true the prohibition of an intended Shaksperian Demonstration at Paris was withdrawn by one of those second thoughts proverbially said to be " the best"—meaning (more grammatically to express it) " the better." Too late, however, came the withdrawal, it would seem, for the intending celebrators of SeeeKsPene's memory were too bitterly huff.,d by the previous prohibition of their festivities I For, at any rate, one way or another, they appear to have come to nothing, or, as the popular idiom has it, they appear to have come to grief. Nevertheless, if it is asked what sort of thing it was the Imperial authorities were dreading—the answer comes petly enough, and, be it said also, absurdly enough, through the columns of the Journal des Debuts, wherein appears a letter about SHAK SPERE, addressed to the prohibited French meeting by M. VICTOR HUGO. A document that for its ultra-hyperbolical extravagance has hardly ever, we should fancy, been surpassed, even in the land sacred to pretty tall talk- ing, the favoured land, that is to say, of Stump Oratory, Soft Sawder, and Bunkum I VICTOR HuGo's preposterous letter we give, as translated from the original in the Dallas, in another part of our impression of this evening. And it is this sort of thing that the Imperial authorities, over at Paris; were actually for a while bent upon sup pressing I Remembering that prohibition —at any rate for the time being—there in Paris : and re membering, on the part of our own Government — the putting down by the Moral Baton of the Police on Saturday evening of a Public Meeting of the Working Classes upon Shakepere Hill, late Primrose Hili—were we not justified in hinting, at the outset of these remarks, that the Two Governments were vieing with each other ? And that they were doing so at the close of last week in a manner that, "not to put too fine a point upon it," was very much, indeed, like—absurdity carried to the height of extravagance ? As to the public meeting put down by the police, here in London, on Saturday—it had reference, as we a'l know, not to SHAKSPERE, but to the spiriting away of GARIBALDI all of a sudden ! The spiriting away of GARIBALDI thus all of a sudden—at the instance of several of his more officious friends, conspicuous among them one of the principal members of her MAJESTY'S Government ! Occurring as this abrupt modifica tion of all GARIBALDI'S plans had done, quite un expectedly, just when the Dino-German Conference was trying to begin its sittings—trying to, strange I to say, quite ineffectually, until GARIBALDI had been summarily hustled out of the way—the working' men of London could not for the life of them manage to swallow very readily the assertion that GARIBALDI was constrained to go away solely by reason of the precarious state of his health. The working men of London being all the mare reluctant to accept that plea as one suffi ciently accounting for so very sudden and startling a transformation of all previously existing arrange ments—seeing GARIBALDI, as they did, in the midst of them—lame to be sure by reason of his bullet wound, but otherwise—the very picture of health, looking in fact in every line of his bronzed, h an d some face just es well as posaiblc. However —th e working men of London must at length abandon all doubts or this kind upo❑ the subject. 'They must receguise al together thefellacy cf mere appearances. They must understand, however reluctantly, that there could have been no help for it---that GARI BALDI'S hurried withdrawal from London, and as soon after as possible from England, was just a matter of life and death for him, admitting of no alternative, of no hesitation whatever. The most eminent professional authority in England has at length given the Reason Why—GARIBALDI had A BOIL ON HIS ARM ! That—as a reason—surely is perfectly conclusive! No wonder—knowing that GARIBALDI HAD A BOIL ON HIS ARM — no wonder, we say, that so much alarm for his health should have been excited ! No wonder Mr. GLADSTONE and others urgently advised his imme diate departure No wonder the Police drew forth their Moral Barons on Saturday evening, for the purpose of putting down, as they did in fact put down, a public meeting convened by the working men of London to protest against GARIBALDI'S de parture ! Perhaps in no part of our foreign policy is it more difficult to F . ct wisely and well than in our dealings with uncivilised nations. Certainly the present occupants of the Treasury benches have not found it very easy to steer safely through the com plications of European politics, while the experience of a past generation proves that it is often a dan gerous and delicate task to legislate for our colonies. Our conduct in both these quarters, too, may pro duce effects of more immediate importance by forming the plans of European war, or by provoke ing the colonies to independent action, but in regard to barbaric or semi-civilised countries we have less of assured principle to guide our actions,we have to deal with men whose habits of life, whose tone of thought, and whose sense of justice and propriety are so different from our own that it is frequently a question how far community in their proceedings is justifiable, how far inaction and indifference are prudent. The much talked of policy of non-inter vention is difficult of application when English lives are jeopardised, and English property endangered, although for the honour of our nation and the duty we owe to our own position, we are bound scrupu lously to avoid any participation in those acts which are only teo common in Eastern warfare, and which accord better with the Chinese code of morals than with our own. The English Government are placed in a somewhat awkward position by the recent events in China. The unsatisfactory termination of the affair of the Anglo-Chinese fleet under the command of Captain SHERARD OSBORN was fol lowed so quickly by the disgraceful conduct of the Futai at Soochow, that the public feelieg was strongly excited against the Imperialists and their Government. It was felt that English aid was not being treated with proper respect s hen it was notori ous that the recent successes of the Imperial cause were entirely owing to the efforts of the foreign contingent. Under these circumstances, Mr. LID DELL, onFriday evening, called the attention of the House of Commons to the state of our relations with China, and moved a resolution deprecating any further interference on our part in the civil war now raging in that country as impolitic and unneces sary. the hon. member, in support of his motion, entered into a history of the last few years, object ing to the assistance, material and otherwise, afforded by this country to the Imperialists, declar ing that we were in a great measure answerable for the continuation of the war, and predicting future perplexities of a very serious nature if the present course were pursued. On the other hand Mr. LAYARD contended that the result of the policy hitherto followed had been an enormous increase of our trade with China; that the accounts of tortures and massacres had. been greatly overdrawn; that arms had been taken up to protect British inte rests; and that Major GORDON had done perfectly right in returning to the service of the Fetal, and thereby preventing the capture of Shanghae. Ths truth of the case seems to be somewhere between these two opposing extremes, and we cannot but regret that Mr. LAYARD should thus have given official sanction to Major GORDON'S retention of his post. The protection of the English trading com munity and commercial interests, the maintenance of the treaty, and the opening of the ports, are very different things from the energetic participation in the Imperialist close which has been hitherto our share. Mr. LAYARD'S reply to Mr. LIDDELL'S accusations, although containing much sound sense and plain fact, certainly contrived to mix up different things ; and it is imposeib'e to say to what lengths the Imperialists will go when English influence has lost its power in checking their treachery and barbarity. Granted that the massa sacre at Sooehow has been greatly overrated—Mr. LAYARD cannot deny the facts of the case, and the sword of an English officer should have been no longer drawn under a commander who had been guiity of a direct breach of faith, and had made his plighted word a snare to entrap the too credulous enemy. It is highly improbable that the Taepings would have attacked the British residents in Shanghae, they would have feared the cense• quences of such a rash proceeding ; but if they had they have not hitherto proved so invincible as to be regarded with abject terror. Captain OSBORN, by a resolute adherence to the stipule, tions of his original engagement which Mr. LIDDELL altogether misconstrued, saved himself from a posi tion so awkward and unsatisfactory that we appre hend Major GORDON will, before long, deplore his retention of it. If the protection of existing British , interests in China be the real and only aim of our Government, let it be kept to in all straight forwardness and simplicity. It is idle to say that such has hitherto,been the solitary aim, since the safety of Shanghae did not necessitate the cap ture of Soochow. It will not be difficult to draw a line between guarding British life and property from assault of any kind, and supply the Im perialist forces with material and leaders. The opportunity for making such a change has certainly been afforded by the conduct of the Futai towards Major GORDON, and by the breaking off of the engagement with Captain OSBORN. Much must, of course, be left to the discretion of our officials in those distant quarters, but if the rule be laid down for their guidance that we are to preserve our own from injury of any kind, and to keep aloof from any local struggle, the results would probably be better and more satisfactory than in the present entangled and perplexing condition of affairs. It is very satisfactory to find that the proposal of Lord DERBY, as to the introduction of " Working Class Trains," has been agreed to. While according due credit to the Government for their discernment and willingness to forward this scheme, the chief merit cf the proposal must rest with the noble earl who has devoted so much time and taken so much pains with the scheme. It is one which it is in every sense of the word desirable to essay, and even if it should not be found so effective in practice as it is sometimes hoped, still a partial or moderate success will be a great achievement, and an inesti mable boon. Lord DEEBY explained the reasons for propounding the plan, and stated the weighty reasons which called for the remedy he suggested. Certainly they are urgent ones, end though some may deem it wise to decry them, it does not follow that the fallacies they preLend to discover are at all apparent, because there is a ci3rtain class of persons who must always put sotne impediment in the way of all improvements. The very notion of a change is enough to put them on the alert, and anything like a fundamental alteration in the arrangements which concern the lower orders sets them quite in a state of commotion. But these lovers of the stand still policy should reflect that in the ceaseless changes which Occur around us great inconvenience is necessarily experienced by the working classes, and evils, the extent and magnitude of which the wealthy can scarcely contemplate, are borne by those least qualified to endure the burden, or to sustain the losses. To remedy the deficiencies thus, occasioned in the comforts and conveniences of the working classes by the immense increase of metro politan railways, it was absolutely necessary that TIIE SEW, LOINEON, NOINDAY LVENING, APRIL 25, 1864. something bhouid be dune atence. The idea of running cheap trains night and morning is en ad mirable one, end must in a gnat measure mitigate the evil, and prove a vast advantage to all who now suffer so dreadfully from the effects of over crowd ing and its attendant miseries, Lord DERBY has besides the merit of having been the first to bring this question of the rsilvvays affecting the comfort of the working classes before Parliament some years ago. It was tlunpaid very little atten tion to, and many, indeed, averred that the noble earl was making a great deal of unnecessary fuss about the matter. These wiseacres must ere this, however, have disproved their assertions, and seen reason to modify their expressions. Time and experience have more than borne out the declara tions, and verified the prophecies of the noble earl, and where units complained, teas of hundreds now murmur loudly against the grievous infraction cf their social rights, and the cruel addition to their inevitable troubles that have been brought about by the development and spread of science in every department. To the rich, the busy, the idle, the , eted many others, all these foreigner,increased meansr traveller , e c l o l e m r communication serve to increase their wealth, add to their amusement, extend their employments, accelerate their arrangements, and impart increased excitement to their progress. To the poor they have added another burden to the load under which they had before nearly sunk. it would never do to let it be said, that while the fame of our mechanical exploits excited the wonder of the world, the first result was that our toiling artisans and our striving poor in all directions should drnop and wither away under the inflictions imposed upon them. Vain will be our boast that our capital is the emporium of the world, and affords more speedy and numerous means of intercommuni cation than any other city, if these means of transit have brought in their progress the means of spread ing disease end death among the lives of industry, and the results of poverty . TIiCS3 hapless victims who would inevitably suceumb to the insidious attacks of fever and pestilence, "by the wayside fall and perish, weary of the march of life," would be the accusers who would rise up in judgment against the selfishness and supineness of modern reformers and regenerators, and blight all the glory of their enterprise at its outset. Of course, there will be many difficulties in ,he way of carrying out all the details of this, or any other similar measure of such an aggregate:extent ; but it is always something very important to have mede a start b the right direction, and the French proved) ce West que le premier pas qui route is true in this as in many minor instances. It must be a great relief to all the more intelligent and mole right feeling of the classes referred to to know that they stand a chance of possessing room to mo te in, and that their families may grow up in the habits of order and prosperitywhich cannot be obtained in cramped localities, also they will enjoy a larger share of the crowning gift of health, which is of more value than wealth to the rich, but is to the poor a sheet anchcr of security. The Earl of SIIAFTRS. BURY suggested that two trains should be run every morning and evening to obviate inconve nience and ensure security in case of hindrance or accident. It is seldom that a proposal affecting entirely the interests of the working classes comes before Parliament, and it is a matter of rejoicing that it should have been met in a right spirit and accorded that attention which all things that con cern the welfare of the great body of the people should receive at the hands of the Legislature. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Verdi's favourite opera, " Ua Ballo in Maschera," after a two years' abeence from the boards of . amb O it a i r ou r s e , m t a h r o k u s gh urn the present cast of Covent-garden, was perform e d anew th ere on t 6 h a i t s u l r e d a a s y t in some respects, most charming, among Verdi's popular 'yrical dramas, must to-day be unavoidably postponed. To morrow the same opera will be repeated. To-night the repeti tion of Rossini's "Guglielmo Tell" is the attraction. Another repetition, that of Donizetti's " La Favorita," is the attraction to the Royal Italian set apart for Thursday. While, for Saturday, Mr. Gye announces on his programme the performance,. for the first time this season, of Meyer beer's Grand opera of " Le Prdphete," with Madlle. Destinn as Fides, and Signor Wachtel as Jean of Leyden. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, at tenth d by Major Elphinstone and Captain Donaliy, honoured the performances with his presence on Tuesday last. Their Royal High nesses the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen burg Strelitz and the Princess Mary, attended by the Countess of Westmoreland, Colonel Clifton, and the Baton Piasson, were present on Thursday. Amongst the fashionable company attending the performan ces d ur i ng th e wee k have been the Prince Louis (Bonaparte, his Excellency the Anibasbador of Franc e , hi s E xce ll ency t h e Austrian Am bassador, a n d th e C oun t ess A ppan yi, his Excellency the Italian Mi n i s t er , the D u k e an d Duchess of Wel lington, the Duke of Gran a d a , the Duke and Duchess of Suth er l an d , t h e H anover i an Charge d'Affaires and the B aroness Bi ome , t h e Marquis of Har tington, Madame Van d e W e yer, the Marquis of Hasti ngs , the Marchioness of Dawnshire and Lady Alice Hill, the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marchioness of Ely and Lady Marian Loftus, the Countess of Bradford, the Countess of Harrington and Lady Geraldine Stanhope, the Earl and Countess of West morland and Lady Emily KiDgSCOtC, the Earl of Dudley, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Duff, the Countess of Mount Charles, the Earl and Countess of Bective, Viscountess Newry and Miss Needham, Viscount and Viscountess Holnaesdale, Viscount Crantourne, Viscount Sudley, Viscount and Vis countess Sidney, Viscou n t Ranelagh, the Lord Chi ef Justice of England, L a dy Annaly and the Ho n. Miss White, Lady de Blaquiere, Lord E . Th y nne, Lady Agnes Murray, Lady Chirgee , Lady Alfred Churchill, Lord E. St. Maur, Lord and Lady Blan tyre, Lady E. Hastings, Mr, and Lady Gwendoline Petre, Lady A. Wentworth and Miss Wentworth, Lady Panmure and M r . P o wer, Captain and Lady Anne Shereon, Hon. Captain Edwardes, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Beat, Hon. Henry Edot, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald and Mrs. Macdonald and the lion. Miss Blak e , H on . o t way Toler , Hon. Ric hard Bothell and Mi ss B et h e l', 1100. Mrs. Claughton, Major the Hon. J. and Mrs. Anson, Hon. Frederick M 17 Leveson Go w er, .P., ~..o .on el Loyd Lindsay an d the Hon. M rs . Loy! Lindsay, Hon. Mr. Spring Rice, lion. R. Meade, H on , Aire. Murray, Hon. Charles Barrington, Sir James and Lidy Colville, Sir John and Lady Simeou, Sir James and Lady Montgomery, Sir William Jolliffe and the Misses Jolliffe, Sir William Scott and Miss Scott, Sir Henry Cotterell, Sir John and Lady Fisher, Sir Claud Mackenzie, o ck n, en c z Q ie lo , n S d ir G F r . ar l , t t . , s Sc a o n t d t fo a r n d d , .A A li d sa in S ir c a o l it i _ ti S d ir er .J Colonel Farq - aharzo a of Inverea uld, Colonol Aire y , Captain mioe in , Captain and B'a id j es° S i° t u r c a l c a Ber keley, Captain nudyer, Captain Buckley, Colonel and ,hiss e, Maclean, Captain Colonel and Mrs. Mac George, Captain Womb welt, Major Gage, &e. MR. ALFRED WIGAN has been playing Hamlet at Liverpool. MR. CHARLES KEAN'S HEALTH, according to the latest accounts, is re-established, but he will not imme diately return to England, as had been announced. ME THREE-ACT PLAY, " MOI," in which M. Regnier is greatly commended by those who should know, is having a certain vogue at the Theatre Frans cis. M. FREDERIC LEMAITRE, whom we Imqgined to have quitted the stage, has reappeared at L'Arnbigu Comique in a five-act play, by M, Plouvier, "Le Comte de Saullea.", LATEST INTELLIGENCE. IREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. (Per the North American.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9, AFTERNOON. The army of the Potomac is preparing for an early forward movement. All surplus baggage has been sent to the rear, and furloughs have been stopped. Money tight. Gold 70a premium. Exchange on London 1863. Stocks opened firm to-day, but have since become very heavy. New York Centrals 1433. Illinois 1491. Eric 1263. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland 743. Breadstaff3 advancing. Petroleum very firm. Crude 353. Refined 52 to QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 24. The Royal m ill steamship Africa, from Boston on the 13th and Halifax on the 15th, arrived at Queenstown ac 11.30 a.m. to day (Sunday). She brings 92 passengers and 10,540 dols. in specie. The Africa landed 76 sacks of mails and four passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 11.40 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, APRIL 12, EVENING, Gemr al Meade has moved his head-quarters to Culpepper. The army of the Potomac has been largely rein forced. A destructive storm has interrupted the commu nication betwetn Washington and the army of the Potomac, delaying the military operations of the Federal armies. Active preparations are btiag made for a cam• paign in the south-west. General Forrest has been reinforced. It is re ported that he is about to cross the Tennessee river. General Johnston is being largely reinforced from Pol'k'a and Beauregard's armies. The Confederates have made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the flag-ship :11innesote, off Newport. The Minnesota was seriously damag,ed. An exciting debate has taken place in the HOUEC of Representatives, concerning a resolution which had been introduced for expelling Mr. Long, of Ohio, and Mr. Harris, of Maryland—the former for expressing a disbelief in the practicability of quel ling the rebellion, and urging the recognition of the South—the latter for expressing a hope that the Federal armies would be unsuccessful in their efforts to conquer the South. The steamers Sumter and Hattebrook have been captured. Money easy. Gald opened yesterday at 1701, but has risen since to 174/, its present quotation. Exchange on London—Bankers' bills, 191. There is great sp( culative excitement in Stocks, which have risen and are still advancing. New York Centrals, 1432, Illinois Centrals 149/, Erie 126 k, Six per Cent. U.S. Bonds 1141. Cotton steady ; Middling Upland '77c. NEW YORK, APRIL 13 (Morning). After the main body of the Federals had left Alexandra, Louisiana, the Confederates in heavy force attacked the fortifications, but were opposed by four Federal regimen's. The lcsi was severe on both sides. The Federal cavalry have occupied Eagle Pass, Texas, 400 miles above Brownsville. The sinking of ;the Confederate ram Tennessee, off Mobile, is denied. The Etna hzs arrived out. Money easy. Gold, 1741. NEw YoEK, April 14, Morning. Forrest's forces demanded yesterday the surren der of Fort Halleck, Columbus, Kentucky, and of Fort Pillow, which va3 refused. Reinforcements have reached Columbus, where fighting continues. In the Senate the committee upon foreign affairs, in accordance with the wishes of the Administra tion, has deferred to act upon the resolution of the House of Representatives respecting the French oceupa. i m of Mexico. The matter is indtficitely postponed. Money easy. There has been great excitement in gold since yesterday. Its price has risen, under symptoms of a panic, to 185. NEW YORK, APRIL 14 (Evening). Money tighter. Gold yesterday reached 178. The market was greatly ogitated this morning with symptoms of a currency panic, and the price of gold rose to 189, It has since receded with violent fluc tuations to 1761. Exchange on London, Bankers' bills, 1992. Stocks heavy. New York Centrals, 141 i ; Illinois, 1411; Erie, 123;; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1151. Cotton very firm— Middling Upland. 80 to 80,-Ic. Flour, wheat, corn, and provisions advancing. Coffee, sugar, and molasses very firm. Petroleum advancing. Crude, 42 ; refined, 650 to 70c. The advance in gold has unsettled all business. The Asia has arrived at Halifax. MEXICO. NEW I ORK, APRIL 13 (Morning), Advices received from Mexico, via New Orleans, state that in the French march on Matamoras fight occurred, in which the French were victorious. Three French frigates were off Matamoras, pre paring to cross the bar. TLe City of Manchester, from New York on the 9th inst., arrived at Qacenstown at 7.30. She brings 131 passengers, and 276,270 dots. in speoie. She landed ten sacks of mails and twelve passen gers, and proceeded at 7.40 a.m. Her news has been anticipated, THE CONFERENCE. The following is a correct list of the Plenipoten tiaries to the Conference on the Dano-German question, which met to-day : England—Earl Russell and Lord Clarendon. France—Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne. Austria—Count Apponyi klnd Privy Councillor Biegeleben. Prussia—Count Bernstorff and Privy Councillor Balan, formerly Ambassador at Copenhagen.. The German Cunted. ration—M. de But, Saxon Minister. Russia—Boron Brunow and Councillor Ewers. Sweden—General Wachtmeister. Denmark —Baron do Bale, M, Quaada (the Minister), and Councillor Krieger, BERLIN, APRIL 25. AdvieEs from St. Petersburg state that it is not likely that Russia will send a second plenipoten tiary to the London Conference. Should, how ever. the Conferences bo o:ianged to a general Con , gress, Prince Ciothchakoff, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, would proceed to London. The Russia , : Minister at Turin, Count • Stackle berg, has obtained leave of absence for two months. LISBON, APRIL (11 .20 a.m.) The Australian screw steamer, 2 steam frigates, and 1 ironclad frigate have arrived here. The tobacco qacstion is being discussed by the House of Peer.s BUCHAREST, APRIL 24. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a resolution that in future the Ministers are to tc.ke the oath of allegiance to the pEople, and not to the Prince. FRANCE. The Debuts publishes the following letter from Victor Hugo to the committee of the French festival It was to have been read at the prohibited French 52,1. meeting : " Hauterille House, April 18. "Gentlemen,—lt seems to me that lam returning to France. To feel myself among you is almost like being there. You call me, and my soul hastens to your call. In glorifying Shakspere, you, French men, are giving en admirable example. You place Shakspere on a level with your own national illus trating; you make him fraternise with Moliere, whom you associate with him, and with Voltaire whom you bring back to him. At the moment when England confers the freedom of the City of London on Garibaldi, you confer on Shakspere the freedom of the republic of letters. Shakespere, in fact, belongs to you. You like everything in him, and you like him first because he is a man, you crown in him the player who has suffered; the philosopher who has struggled, the poet who has conquered. You acclamations honour the strong will of his life, the power of his genius, the con scientiousness of his art, the human reality of his stage. You are right, it is just to do so. Civilisa tion applauds this noble festival. You are poets glorifying poetry, thinkers glorifying philosophy artists glorifying art. But you are also something besides—you represent France greeting England. It is the noble embrace of sitters, of the land of Vincent de Paul and the land of Wilberforce, of Paris, the headquarters of equality, and Landon the capital of freedom. From that embrace an ex change will arise. Oee will give the other what it has. To honour England in her great man, in the name of France, is great ; yon do more— you do away with geographical limits—neither French nor. English, you are the brethren of a genius, and you honour him. You honour this very globe, you honour the earth wilch on this day three hundred years witnessed the birth of Shakepere; you consecrate the sublime principle of the übiquity of minds, whence springs the unity of civilisation ; you extirpate selfishness from the heart of nationalities. Corneille does not belong to us, nor Milton to them—they are common property. The whole world is the fatherland of intelligence. You take genius, no matter whence it comes, to give it to all nations ; by removing the barrier that separates poets you destroy that which divides men, and by the amalgamation of glory you commence the obliteration of frontiers. Holy pro miscuity—this is a great day. Homer, Dante, Shakspere, Moliere, Voltaire, undivided—the taking possession of these great men by the whole of man kind—the community of masterpieces. Such is the first step ; the rest will follow. "That is the work you are inaugurating—a work cosmopolitan, human, binding, fraternal, unfettered by the trammels of nationality, superior to local delimitations; magnificent adoption of Europe by France, and of the whole world by Europe. From a fete like this civilisation must. proceed. To pre side at this memorable meeting you could have chosen persons of the highest renown; illustrious and popular names abound amongst you ; your list of guests is sparkling with them ; the brightest personifications of art, of the drama, history, poetry, philosophy, and eloquence, are grouped in this solemnity around Shak.spere's pedestal ; but you doubtless imagined that in order to impart to the celebration of this anniversary its character peculiarly extern—in order that the manifestation should be independeiA of anything like frontier, you required for President a man placed himself in that exceptional condition—a Frenchman out of France—at the same time absent and present—with his foot in England and his heart in Paris—a sort of connecting link, placed both at a distance and adjacent, to join together hand in hand the two august nations. It so happened that by an arrangement of destiny that position was mine, and the proud choice that you have made of me I owe to that happy chance. I return you my thanks for that net, and I propose to you this toast —" To Shakspere and England. To the definitive Success of the great Men of Intelligence and to the Communion of INI , ,Cons in Progress and Works of Imagination." BOURSE, April 23.—The market has been rather heavy, and prices show a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 67f. loc. Mobilier last quoted at 1,220 f. Little doing in Railway Shares, but prices in general without material alteration. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. 94 25 Italian Loan 6B C 5 Do. end month.... Do. end month 63 55 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 05 Do. end month.... 6'redit Mobilier 1200 Russian 00. end month.... 1200 Austrian Bank Shares 3370 Spanith Threes.... —• Uredit konetor l .BO dome Debt ~ — Roman Re IL wAY~ Urleatim Northern .... Lyons cud l'ieditsgranoat New ditto &Althorn • Western Eastern .. Sardinian .. Austrian Lo:a.b•.ard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Cash. Amu lint. 890 892 50 980 975 -- 952 50 950 895 667 50 670 503 75 482 50 , „ 483 75 375 .„ 370 417 50 , 417 50 503 75 5,6 25 492 50 . , 490 577 50 .. 573 75 GENERAL GARIBALDI, Oa Saturday General Garibaldi remained the guest of the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland at her grace's exquisite villa Cliefden House. As a matter of course, however, the general has not re mained in seclusion during his brief stay, but has been seeing and being seen almost as much as when in the metropolis. Ou Saturday, true to his simple life and island habits, he was up with the dawn strolling about the beautiful grounds of Cliefden. At 11 o'clock he left the house in a carriage and four, accompanied by the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland and the Duchess of Argyll, and pro ceeded by way of Slough to inspect the royal model farm at Windsor. In the course of his drive be was everywhere enthusiastically received. Upon reach ing the farm he was received by Mr. Tait, the bailiff of the Home Farm, who showed the visitors over the royal dairy. Garibaldi then paid a visit to the Flemish Farm, where Mr. Brebner was in attendance, and showed him among the cattle a yoang bull, two years old, which was christened "Garibaldi" some two years ago. Before the visit had concluded a number of farmers and others arrived on the field, and if the illustrious visitor had pro longed his stay for an hour or so more the whole town of Windsor and the adj scent villages would have flocked to the scene. A number of the far mers offered to present General Garibaldi wita a steam plough as a token of their recognition of ids great merits. This offer was made through Mr. Stevens, but the General naively remarked, while thanking his warm-hearted admirers, that his farm only coedited of about 25 acres, and that the rest of the island of Caprera was nothing better than barren rock and unproductive mountain, so that a steam plough, much as he admired its operations, would be of little or no value to himself. He courteously and kindly refused the donation, and eapressed his thanks with the warmest feeling of gratitude. llc leached Clie , den on his return about ball-past 2 o'clock. A luncheon was then served, at which 30 visitors were p . event. In the afternoon Garibaldi and a party of gentlemen went out in boats on the Thames, whcro they spent a consider ab!e time. Garibaldi ezpresE-ed himself delighted with the surrounding scenery, and especially with the picturesque appearance of Cdefden from the river, In the evening the visitors, most of whom stay till Garibaldi takes his dep..:rt ure to-day, were entertained at dinner by the Duchess Dowager. Giribaldi left Slough this morning by the 9.45 a.m. train for Cornwall, where he ail spend tht evening with Cal. Peard at Penquite. This country seat is close to the picturesque hey of Looe, one of those charming indents so frequently met on the Cornish coast. Ia this bay the Duke et Sutherland's steam yacht Ondine is already wait ing the arrival of her illustrious psseenger. Gari baldi embarks on board the Ohdine at 8 o'clock to- ~::.~ morrow mornir.g, End at 9 will be btet-miLg la"Y to CAprera. THE lIR.ALTH OF GENERAL GARIBALDI. lfford-house, Apia 24 The Duke of Sutherland presents his 0)14 1 ' ments to the editor of The Sun, and begs to e nclose a letter receivel last evening from Mr. Fergtusca respecting the health of General Garibaldi 16, George•square, Hanover-square w., April 2 3 . My Lord Duke,—At Mr. Seely's special reques t 1 sAW, General Garibaldi, at Stafford-house, within a few hourE °I his departure from London. The General declared hi m s e lf a s we ll as he had eve r been since he arrived in England, but on clo s e inquiry adraittetha dt fatigue, both of body and brain. My impression was he looked jaded and worn. The fatigue associ tted with his receptions in Lola (l°s might readily have accounted for this, but there was another reason equally urgent. Your grace will be sorry to lean I hat he has latterly suffered from boils, and he had two ° 3 his left forearm, one of whi c h a l one m i g ht have w ads another man give up all his ordinary occupations for a aw e ' I think it due to your grace, to Mr. Seely, and others who advised with the General regarding his intecded p ro 0 ; vincial movements, that you should be made acquai nted with this, and I hops that your grace will consider it as 3 proof that it is not without good reason that I presumed t° intrude my first opinion on a subject w hi c h was so full °f interest to every one. I have the honour to ba your grace's most obedient ser vant. W. FERGUSO N. To his Grace the Duke of Sutherland. The following telegrams have been received by the Lord Mayor : NAPLES, April 24. The Neapolitans, by a resolution of a general meeting, send to the noble English people their sentiments of grad tude for the splendid reception given to Garibaldi. President, RICCIARDI' (FROM THE MAYOR. OF CIZFALO.) This municipality offers to the English people its sincer e thanks cud the expression of its deep gratitude for the hip . l ; honours shown to Garibaldi, w hi c h are p roo fs of their affection for Italy. MICHELE GuisErrB. (FROM ATELLINO ) In you we thank generous England for the reception given to General Garibaldi. The honorary president of th!s operative society tenders its thanks for the sympathy sil ° `T by Great Britain, which has always taken the lead of 0 14 civilised nations in the path of social progress. Gr AETANO MAGLIO. The Society of Painters in Water Coloo' (Tilts DAY.) The sixtieth annual exhibition of this di 4 l ie. guishcd and popular institution has, 'his day, 136 en opened to public view—the private view having enabled us to survey the collection there for ttl e present season on Saturday afternoon. The Gallery' as usual,contains from 300 to 400 water colour draw ings, contributed by exhibitors as various in style a° in merit. Although we are precluded from entering' in our impression of this evening into any very de tails dexamination of the works of art here exhibited' we would at once pronounce the collection of pictures for the present as rather above then below th e average of the noble collections adorning the wall s of the same institution during the last dozen yea rs or more. While saying this, however, we do ne t for an inlet int regard the present collection as, LIP ° the whole, on a par with its immediate predecess° r * But then, as we took occasion to rernar l last year, the collection for 1863 was, to our thinking, in a very rare and peculiar manner, el' ceptional. It was signally and exceptionally good" insomuch that it is in no degree depreciatory 0f the general collection to remark, as we ha ve done, that, as compared with that collection' that as contrasted with that exceptional 01 ' lection, the Exhibition of 1864 is hardly u p to the mark—the highest high water level of 18 631 Nevertheless, though yielding, and no wonder , the palm to it 3 immediate predecessor, the collee' then for the present season is, as before observed' above rather than below the average of the exhibition° in this favourite gallery at No. 5, Pall-Mall Best. during the last dozen years or more. On crossing the threshhold of it, we are painfully reminded of a great, indeed an irreparable, loss to this Oid Society of Water Colourists, the reminder coming to us from Alexander Munro's admirable whit ° marble bust of the late William Hunt, the great water colourist. And there glancing radiantly out upon tOr from the four screens, are the last exquisite little gems ofmasterpieces from his wonderfu! brush—morn of those apples that, as we look at them, we are fats to peel and munch—grapes that seem only to require the pressure of a finger to spurt with juice--- peaches that would tempt a bee—wild roses, the delicate leaves of which one could almost feel one's very breathing must flutter. Distributed at uncertain intervals, too, round the walls of the gallery, the visitor recognises, at a glance, as usual, many another old fauli liar favourite—these other popular favourites, however, being yet, happily, in the land of th e living. Frederick Tayler with his open air sports —Jo s eph Nash with his domestic and arc'aitectur al interiors—Maria Harrison and Valentine Barthol° - mew vieing with each other with flowers, wild an d cultivated, here the primrose, here the hollyhuck' Britten Willis with his Cuyp-like cattle Dieces--W . ' Evans of Eton, and John Gilbert of Everywher e ' dell proving themselves to be inexhaustible ! The, last mentioned in 20 has an ani ma t e d and glowing representation of the " Battle of th e Boyne." H. P, Riviere has a pretty little gracef ul bit of comicality in 30, " The Stray Kitten." Burne Jones, though rather oddly, very chartningif pourtraye, in a tall pre-Raphealite picture (5 4 ) 0 under an exceedingly new aspect, our immemoria l heroine of the kitchen, " Cinderella." Commend us to Alfred Fripp's (72) a " Piping Shepherd Boy" as affording us one of the loveliest tastes of fresh air and specimens of countri life in the whole collection. The purchaser of the picture will have a perennial charm h .nging upoa his house-wall iu the very look out of the eyes O f that Piping Shepherd Boy of Fripp's! There is a ° the head of the gallery, in 18, " Hellelil and Hild ed brand," a most effective delineation by F. Burton, (one of our master water-colourists), of e Knight of old in battle harness meeting !1 1 l ladyelove upon the spir a l tu rre t s t a i rcas e, 5111 ' kissing her sleeve tenderly as they pass each othe r —one of these sleeves the knights of old used to tie t° their helmets before charging, lance in rest, througil the dust and blood of the tourney ! Britten Willis gives us one of his hippiest effects in 115 Open' ing Day, from a scene in Sussex,"—with, of course , meditative cattle most artistically grouped is the foreground, Branwhite's bran white Winter Scenes are as refrigerating as ever merely to glance at. One of his chief successes this yea r being 111, " Winter Scene, Foggy morning." Bi z ' . ket Foster, who has plenty of charming picture!, scattered about the room, here "' The Sand Cart, re there "The Wooden Bridge" has surpassed himsel f in 125, " Flying a Kite." Carl Haag's orient al sketches fail, evert yet, to tire us, and the set ae may be said in their way, too, of Nafte ° Italian Landscapes. Before the visitor leaves th e gallery he ought to take one look at 317, on th e Third Screen, namely, F. Walker's charming de lineation of a scene from the late Mr. Th ac keraY l "Philip." Philip—it is the very Philip himse lf f • —in the Pew, with the children grouped about him' the attendance at the private view on Saturday was, if that be possible, more than ever, crowded. The Oxford and Canterbury Music J lols ' Both these hulls are holding the tercententary fes tiv3 , l4 At the former is a grand vocal display to words by Sh : — ; spore,including " Locke's Music to Macbeth ," a s e , e h - : lion of his "Sorge," enshrined in fitting music. Two Gentlemen of Verona," which received a characteristic setting from Sir Henry Bishop, and is conspicuous for th e delicious air, " Bid me disccurse," was produced on 5 311 r.. day, and met with a brilliant reception ; and all these WWI in the interesting programme are in addition to the Wives of Windsor," which Otto Nicolai has 1 1136° t Y be foundation of an opera, and of which a very sulking seleo- Nerr tion is the result. These musical offerings are certa g q more thoroughly Sbaksperean than some of th e dram attempts to mark the occasion, and the ariangernents are" certainly not marred by any bickeringa between the person!, who figure in commemoration. it t the C an terbury 1 11 the prolific Mr. Vandervell turni,'nes Mr. M,rton with a piece de circonstance (pardon us, dear Sha de 1) christens it "The Tercentenary, or a Nig ht with bhak" spere," and,with the aid of the fatuous Ghost eff,cts, brings a multitude of bhakspere ' s characters be ture the eye. Here!. also, the ,( words of Shakspere" extensive l y dot the p,o gramme, and are conned over with l o y al cogerness by en thusiastic audiences. and bybily